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breast
English
Alternative forms
- brest (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English brest, from Old English br?ost, from Proto-West Germanic *breust, from Proto-Germanic *breust?, from Proto-Indo-European *b?rews- (“to swell”). Compare West Frisian boarst, Danish bryst, Swedish bröst; cf. also Dutch borst, German Brust.
Pronunciation
- enPR: br?st, IPA(key): /b??st/
- Rhymes: -?st
- Homophone: Brest
Noun
breast (plural breasts)
- (anatomy) Either of the two organs on the front of a female human's chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in males.
- (anatomy) The chest, or front of the human thorax.
- 1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner:
- The Wedding-Guest here beat his breast, / For he heard the loud bassoon.
- 1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner:
- A section of clothing covering the breast area.
- The figurative seat of the emotions, feelings etc.; one's heart or innermost thoughts.
- c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act I scene ii[1]:
- […] Thou best know'st
- What torment I did find thee in. Thy groans
- Did make wolves howl, and penetrate the breasts
- Of ever-angry bears— it was a torment
- To lay upon the damn'd, which Sycorax
- Could not again undo. It was mine art,
- When I arrived and heard thee, that made gape
- The pine and let thee out.
- c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act I scene ii[1]:
- The ventral portion of an animal's thorax.
- A choice cut of poultry, especially chicken or turkey, taken from the bird’s breast; also a cut of meat from other animals, breast of mutton, veal, pork.
- The front or forward part of anything.
- 1645, John Milton, L'Allegro
- Mountains on whose barren breast / The labouring clouds do often rest.
- 1645, John Milton, L'Allegro
- (mining) The face of a coal working.
- (mining) The front of a furnace.
- (obsolete) The power of singing; a musical voice.
- c. 1601, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act II scene iii[3]:
- By my troth, the fool has an excellent breast.
- c. 1601, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act II scene iii[3]:
- (swimming) the breaststroke
Synonyms
- (female organs): See also Thesaurus:breasts
- (chest): chest
- (seat of emotions): heart, soul
- (cut of poultry): white meat
- (cut of meat): brisket
Antonyms
- (cut of poultry): thigh, wing, dark meat
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
breast (third-person singular simple present breasts, present participle breasting, simple past and past participle breasted)
- (transitive, often figuratively) To push against with the breast; to meet full on, oppose, face.
- To reach the top (of a hill).
- (transitive, cooking) To debreast.
- 2005, Texas Judicial Cookbook: Hello There!
- Breast the birds; wash and dry well. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Place the birds in a roasting pan.
- 2005, Texas Judicial Cookbook: Hello There!
Translations
Anagrams
- Baster, Be star, Sterba, Tarbes, abrest, barest, baster, bestar, rebats, tabers
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bust
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b?st/
- Rhymes: -?st
- Homophones: bussed, bused
Etymology 1
From French buste < Italian busto, from Latin b?stum.
Noun
bust (plural busts)
- A sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders.
- The breasts and upper thorax of a woman.
- (economics) The downward portion of a boom and bust cycle; a recession.
- (slang) A police raid or takedown of a criminal enterprise.
- (slang) A disappointment.
Derived terms
- bust improver
- busty
- overbust
- underbust
Translations
Etymology 2
From a variant of burst. Compare German Low German basten and barsten (“to burst”).
Verb
bust (third-person singular simple present busts, present participle busting, simple past and past participle busted or bust)
- (transitive, colloquial, chiefly US) To break.
- I busted my cooker while trying to fix it.
- (transitive, slang) To arrest (someone) for a crime.
- (transitive, slang) To catch (someone) in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal, especially when being done in a sneaky or secretive state.
- (snowboarding) An emphatic synonym of do or get.
- (US, informal) To reduce in rank.
- 1962, The Manchurian Candidate, 01:56:35
- If Steinkamp doesn't take off that hat and stop messing around, I'm gonna bust him into a PFC.
- 1962, The Manchurian Candidate, 01:56:35
- (finance, transitive) To undo a trade, generally an error trade, that has already been executed.
- (poker) To lose all of one's chips.
- (blackjack) To exceed a score of 21.
- (transitive, slang) To break in (an animal).
- (intransitive, slang) To ejaculate; to eject semen.
- (journalism, intransitive) For a headline to exceed the amount of space reserved for it.
- 1990, Paul Williams, The Computerized Newspaper: A Practical Guide for Systems Users (page 105)
- The temptation to squeeze in a favourite headline that busts by using the flexibility of new technology is often very strong.
- 2007, Rob Steen, Sports Journalism: A Multimedia Primer (page 167)
- If your headline busts (breaks the confines of the layout) you will know straightaway. Similarly, the computer will inform you, in terms of the number of lines, how much longer or shorter the copy is in relation to the space allotted.
- 1990, Paul Williams, The Computerized Newspaper: A Practical Guide for Systems Users (page 105)
Synonyms
- (to arrest for a crime): nick
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
bust (plural busts)
- (slang) The act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation.
- (slang) A failed enterprise; a bomb.
- (chess, informal) A refutation of an opening, or of a previously published analysis.
- (sports, derogatory) A player who fails to meet expectations.
Derived terms
- or bust
Translations
Adjective
bust (not comparable)
- (slang) Without any money, broke, bankrupt.
- After months of financial problems, the company finally went bust.
Derived terms
- bust up/bust-up
- busted (adjective)
- buster
Anagrams
- BTUs, TBUs, but's, buts, stub, tubs
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin b?stum.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?bust/
Noun
bust m (plural busts or bustos)
- bust (sculpture)
- bust (breasts and upper thorax)
Further reading
- “bust” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
bust
- second- and third-person singular present indicative of bussen
- (archaic) plural imperative of bussen
Romanian
Etymology
From French buste.
Noun
bust n (plural busturi)
- bust (sculpture)
Declension
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